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ve starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.

cuckoopint of the English is an example. Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock.

in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

To solve; to clear up. [Obs.] Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. Bp. Jewel.

Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings. --A*threp"tic (#), a.

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

sdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. By what authority doest thou these things Matt. xxi. 23.

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.

Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] "Painted babery." Sir P. Sidney.

Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] "Babish imbecility." Drayton. -- Bab"ish*ly, adv. -- Bab"ish*ness, n. [R.]

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture. Swift.

Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple. -- Ba"by*ish*ly, adv. -- Ba"by*ish*ness, n.

Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.

Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. "The backward learner." South.

A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.

A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.